The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-18 00:00:00

THE DERBY.—RACE GLASSES (the best), at CALLAGHAN'S, 23A, New Bond-street, W., corner of Conduit - street. N.B.—Sole agent to Voigtlander, Vienna. R OYAL ITAL IAN OPERA, Covent -garden. From this time until the end of the season there will be four Opera nights in each week, viz., every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Extra Night.—" Faust e Margherita." Madlle. Pauline Laces; Madame Didiee. M. Fair e ; Signor Graziani ; Signor Mario. TO-MORROW (Thursday), May 19, will be performed, for the first time this season, Gounod's Opera, FAUST E MARGFIERITA, with the tot owing distribution of the T arts : —Manherita, Mdlle. Pauline Lucca, her first appear ance in that character in England ; Siebe , Madame Didiee • Marta, Mdlle. Ane s e ; M efisto ' e e, M. Faure ; Vale tino' tiignor Gr ziant ; Wagner, Signor Tagliatico ; and Faust: Signor Mario, his first appearance in that character. Conductor, Mr. Costa. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre rta is, 103. 6d., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre, 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-offic under the portico of the tneaTre, which is open from ten to five, and at the principal musicsellcrs' and ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA. NIGHT. THIS EVENING (WEDNESDAY`, will be performed Gounofs celebrated Opera, FAUST. Titiens, Bettclheim , Santhy, Gassier, Giuglini. Chorus of Soldiers, Citizens, Students, Women, =- Conductor, Signor ARDITI. PROSPECTIVE ARRANGEMETS. To-morrow Evening (Thursday), ARRAN 19th.—Extra Night. —FALSTAFF. Second Tableau, BACCO ED ARIANNA. Mille. Catarina Ber,tta. an d Sig. Ammaturo. Saturday Next, Alay 21st. FAUST. Monday Next, May 23d. Grand Extra Night —First Time of LES HUG-UENuTS. Grand Morning Performance, Wednesday, June Ist FAUST. Notice—ln active ' preparatio-, Beethoven's FIDELTO. Leonora, by Mcllle. Titiens (her first appearance in that cha racter). --- Commence at Half-past Eight o'clock. Pit Tickets, 7s. ; Reserved Box Seats, 10s. 6d.; Amphi theatre Stalls, ss. and 7s. ; Gallery, 2s. 6d. ; Private Boxes, in the tipper Circle, 21s. Box Office of the Theatre open daily, where places may be secured ; also at Mitchell's, Bubb's, Lacon and Oilier's, Bond street ; Leader's, Opera Colonnade ; Sam's, St. James's street, Cramer, Wood, and Co.'s, and Hammond's, Begent ortreet ; Keith, Drowse, and Co.'s, Cheapside ; and at Chappell and Co.'s, 50, New Bond-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, ONE GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE. WEDNESDAY, Jane Ist. Gounod's celebrated Opera, FAUST. Titiens, Trebelli ; Santley, GasEier, Giuglini. Conductor, Signor ARDITI. Doors open at Half-past One. Commence at Two o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL DRUR Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. G. Belmore. - - After which, Shakspere's HENRY THE FOURTH. Mr. PHELPS. Mr. Walter Montgomery, Mr. Walter Lacy. Mr. A ddison, Mr. Ryder, Mr. Robert Roxby, Mr. Barrett, Mr. E Phelps, Mr. Rayner, Mr. H. Vandenhoff, Mr. Belmore, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. Neville; Miss Edi th Wynne, Mss Rcse Leclercq, snd Mrs. Edmund Fal zoner, supported by all the Members of the Drury-lane Ccm pany. Concluding with MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS. THEATRE ROYAL HAYNIARKET.- Sole Lessee and 3lanager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Mr. Howe and Miss L. Angel. After which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, IV eathersby, &c.; Mesdames Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilliam. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe, &c. ; Mes dames Louise Keeley, Snowden, NellyEower, Hill, Wright, Jtogers, /llc. To conclude with MRS. WHITE. Mr. Compton. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Pechter. Mr. PECHTER will perform HAMLE f on SATURDAY next, May 21st. Claudius, Mr. Emery; Polonius, Mr. John Brougham; Ghost, Mr. G. .Jordan; Laertes, Mr. C. Vanden -11, - IT; Horatio, Mr. J. G. Shore ; First Gravedigger. Mr. H. Widdicomb ; Osric, Mr. F. Charles ; Messrs. W. M'lntyre, F. Morton. Raymond, Moreland, Clifford, Edmonds,ffall bank, Collett ; Ophelia, Miss Kate Terry ; Actress, Miss M. Hen: ade ; and Gertrule, Miss Elaworthy. The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin. Notice.—The doors open athalf -past 7, and Hamlet com mences at 8. The whole profits of the evening, will be dieded between the National Shakspere Committee and the Dramatic Col lege School Fund. Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. - - All Tickets issued for May 11th will be available on Satur day, the 2 st. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining,. THIS EVENING, 'THE OLD STORY. Mr. Dominick Murray. After which, ShakspereTh ROMEO AND JULIET. Ro meo, Mr. J. Nelson ; Mereutio, Mr. Vining ; Nurse, Mrs. H. Marston; Juliet, Mdlle. Stella Colas. VY ThEATItE-R0 Y AL, Al) ELPI - 11.— Sole Proprietor and Mana , zor. Mr. B. Webster. Last Week but three of The Trap.:ed.ene, Miss Bateman, in the character of LEAH, TIIIS EVENING,an apropos Sketch, SIIAKESTEARE'S MOUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, ,stephenson. Af er which, at 8, LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Billington, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; Nirs. Bidington. To a , nclude with Tar, ARE A. BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedtord, Itomer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. ISS BA E EVENING and I‘iAN E EVERY EVEN ING — A M is s . Bateman THl 111 will appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish ma den until further notice. In order ,o give due effect to ti.is most remarkable success of the se..son, entirely new scenery by the celebratEl artists Messrs. Panson and sons, and Thorapscn. New drissA and appo ntments have been prepares for its productim:.—N. ts. In consequence of the ...ressing and numerous applications at the Box-otll,e, ar angements have now been made by which Seats m,y be ob tained a Fortnight in Advance. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.— The highly successful new Comedy, by Dion Boucicault, Esq., every Evening. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular nines of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr..,. Clarke, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss 11. Simms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirring. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Miss Herbert. At a quarter before R, an entirely new and original Comedy in 5 acts, by Dion Boucicault, entitled Tar: FOX CHACE. Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ash' ey, Mr. W. Chamner laine ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Henrietta Simms (her first appearance here). At 10, OUT OF SIGHT OUT 01' MIND. Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Frank Matthews. To conclude with SHAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke ; Miss Fanny Josephs. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, ON AND OFF. Followed by THE MAID OF HONOUR. After which (17th time) 3IAZOURKA. Messrs. Honey, Turner, &c. ; Marie Wilton, Simpson, &c. To conclude with MARGATE SANDS. Commence at 7. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANys COAL. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'.......24s. per ton. Double 204. per ton. Top °3s. „ Nut 5........ , 89. „ Dek p •21 9• Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, south Wharf, raddi n g ton, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Cove Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. !TIFIE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,'' Containina• the Larest, sraRTING INTELLIGENCE, Jan be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AOENT, No, 4, Con na ugh t- t err ace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, May 18, 1864, ---4- - THERMOMETER. This morning; at Nine o'cloc k tdB daY •at Two o'clock Barometer-3 0 . 16. -D li g ht breeze, and very fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tnts DA.T.—Morning, 11h. 58o2.—Afternoon , NO . xcnaucw.-Morning, 12h. 233a.—Afternoon, 12t. 44m, • „ Vat LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1E64. When certain artizans were engaged i n the deck. yards in times past at a filed rat e of pay, it was upon the understanding that at the end of a stipu lated period they would be entitled to a super annuated pension. I t was a very right and fitting ;oplation, and the justice of its device was so opparent that it eeeraed one of those fair and honourable arrangements which would be left in force for many years, and possibly be never inter fered with while the present state of things con tinued. Great disappointment has been occasioned and considerable indignation excited by the un welcome and inauspicious changes that have been made all at once. The Board of Admiralty have recently decided that they will in future grant no s:up , zrannuated pensions, and to accomplish this end they lately caused some hundred artizine, who had worked for many years in the dockyard, to assemble at Chatham to receive their dismissal, not because there was not employment for them, because they were " regular hands," for the exigencies of the ser vice are always met by the employment of the supernumeraries, who are taken on or discharged at convenience, nor for any misconduct or negli gence of their own, but simply to enable the Lords of the Admiralty to evade the law of contract, and to take advantage of a loophole to commit a breach of faith. These men were discharged at one o'clock, and were re-engaged at two o'clock, they received the same wages and resumed their old occupations, but they knew that the long years which they had spent in the service of Government, refusing the better offers of private shipbuilders, at periods when skilled labour was in high demand, under the delusive belief that the superannuated pension would be forthcoming when the time of their service was accomplished, were thrown away. Thus after expending the best years of their lives is the service of their country they will be cast upon the world, and most probably they will die in the workhouse. To say nothing of the dishonesty of such conduct, and the breech of honour, honesty, and integrity, to which no private firm could dare to stoop, the impolicy of the proceedings is so manifest that we would rather believe that Sir CHARLES WOOD had again brought his baneful influence to bear upon the Admiralty Board, than that the Duke of SOMERSET held sway there. Is it at all likely that clever artisans will care to devote their lives to a service which grants tardy advancement and but moderate pay, and will neglec9'auy chance of bettering their condition, when prices rise and when they can turn to advans tags the experienee which they have acquired under the able shipwrights or engineers of Her MAJES TY'S dockyards. The course is a suicidal one, and will be looked upon with complacency by all lead ing shipbuilders, who will at once find a greater supply of skilled labour in the market and a cor responding increase of Government contracts. It might puzzle the wisest to understand, and perplex the most astute to divine what can be the motive which actuates our authorities thus to lay down these laws and to counteract all the efforts of those who have gone before them. The details that are furnished relative to this subject in the naval intel ligence of yesterday are in themselves sufficient to stamp the whole proceeding with ignominy, and give rise to serious doubts as to the efficacy of ar rangements which are based upon such glaring in justice and wanton disreg'.rd of important claims. We learn that on Monday fifteen men received notice of dismissal at Woolwich in consequence of the new rules regarding the "superannuation al lowance." These men were of various trades, and some had been employed for a period of from 15 to 24 years in the establishment. They are now in the miserable condition of uncertainty as to their prospects which must awaken sympathy in the minds of all not totally callous to the best feelings of humanity. They have reason to apprehend that they will not receive the least assistance from the Government, although they have been for so long in the factory where some of them have been in jured and "rendered unfit for future work." The barbarity of such a coarse of proceeding is truly painful to the mind to contemplate. Csn it be for a paltry saving that the men who assume to guide 1 our affairs can propose to inflict such injustice on honest and upright men who have word hard in the servic- of their country ? If such be the motive, it is of so mistaken a nature that the most simple and ignorant might well hesitate to own to it. Let not the delegates of the Admiralty come to Parlia ment with the boast that they have done great things in the way cf economy, and cff,Tted conside rable savings to the revenue. Their fine sounding expositions will not convince their hearers, when they remember what sufferers have fallen by the wayside, victims have fallen in the treck of their chariot wheels. A more contemptible device was never resorted to than this of defrauding the pcor of the gaerdon of their toil, and sequestrating the claims which are the birthright of their labour. It is not the way to deserve to prosper, and very cer tainly it will not do so. The juggling nature of the whole scheme will readily be comprehended by the men who suffer by its working, and the credit and character thus forfeited will never be regained. It is high time that some notice was taken of all this unworthy trifling with the interests of our dock yards, and that the perpetrators of the hurtful de sign receive the censure which they SD richly merit. To those who take a right view of such things it will be a sad reflection that a man may work away through all the years of his health and strength, and when the weakness of age, the infir mities of sickness, and the enervating effects of overwork come upon him, that he be cast away as a worn-out tool or a used-up garment. We are told that the labourer is worthy of his hire, and it is a part of his hire that those who can afford it should provide in some measure for the period of inaction which is often superinduced by over work in their service. It is a shame that those in high places should presume to turn and twist things to suit their narrow notions, and satisfy their very elastic consciences. The distinctions that exist between right and wrong are too broadly defined, or rest upon too solid foundations for them to displace them ; and in the face of their pretentious reforms, and sweeping innovations, the voice of justice de clares against them. The claims of those who suffer are based upon the sure convictions of all who advocate honour, honesty, and fair play, and such an appeal ought not to be disregarded. As political economists it is absurd, as officials it is a gross blunder, and as members of a 3overnment it is a violation of their duties thus to inflict injuries upon honest labourers which thesewisseuacchreaslaocfrtiht; Admiralty have been effecting with and inconsiderateness. The temperature of the last few days has made it difficult for us to believe that WO a re as yet butr i v a in the middle of May. Instead of the usual able weather, the mild spring days interspersed with clouds and showers, with cold W i n d s and dark weather, we have the glowing heat of mid summer—the cloudless heaven of the brightest days of July. Tae May of the poets has long be come traditionary, and has lingered only in th e i r enchanted pages, where, as LEIGH TIUNT tells us, she is an evergreen. Of late years the May queen s EvA l village festivities, traditionary to the time, have appeared almost ridiculous in recollection, under gloomy, ungeuial skies, and cold bleak winds, which would be likely enough to render the tragic pirate of the Laureate's sprightly maiden only the natural result of suing " Charles's %Vain come out above the tall grey chimney tops" in book muslin and roses. But this year all snob legends are perfectly comprehensible, and only require the addition of sunshades over the flowery crowns and marquees over the maypole. The sunshine of the present season is as much in excess of our usual allowance at this time as the cold of the early months of the year o utstripped our ordinary cal culations. Let us hope that its effect on the nubile health may be less Perceptible cer tainly rejoice in its beneficial and whil e ndfe we rtili may sing influ ence. Pleacant as the cloudless sky may be, how ever, to the farmer, who sees in it the premise of a plentiful harvest, and Nvelme as may be the kindly rays at holiday treat or rural festival, the busy toilers in the crowded ways of the metropolis are apt to find them somewhat exhausting. If the denizen of shop or counting-house sigh for a breath of the outer air, those who are actually engaged in outdoor work, or whose avocations make it neces sary for them to pass much to and fro in the hot, dusty streets, are often wellni g h spent with " the heat and burden of the day," and thankful to avail themselves of the first means of refreshment at hand. At such times how welcome is the fresh clear fountain offering its refreshing draught to the thirsty wayfarer, and how great a blessing must be these opportunities which have of late years been given by public benevolence or private charity. The comfort which the free drinking fountains have given, and the extent to which the advantages which they offer have been appreciated by the public at large, are shown by the surprising fact, recorded on trust worthy authority, that a quarter of a million of persons drink daily of these fountains during the day. When it is remembered that the association which has made this calculation has only been as yet able to erect 80 fountains, it will be seen that the number of passengers who stop to drink is pro portionately very large. It is therefore not without reason that Mr. GURNEY makes a public appeal on behalf of the Metropolitan Free Drinking Fountain Association to enable it to extend its beneficent labours still farther. The committee of the association are constantly being applied to for new fountains, and there are many parts of Lon don in which such a boon would be an incalculable blessing ; but the good work is, unfortunately, like too many other good works, compelled to re strict its labours for want of funds. The associa• tion undertakes not only to erect the fountains, but to keep them in repair, so that their expenses do not terminate with the actual placing of the foun tain. The necessity of such a system of supervision is shown by the fact of several of those fountains erected by private benevolence having got oat of order. The committee propose taking them also under their supervision, and we should recommend them to make this one of their first tasks, since before building fresh fountains it would seem to bo only common sense to have those which are already in existence, in an efficient state. The committee declare it to be their desire to extend their operations to every corner of the metropolis, and we trust they will before long be able to fulfil their desire. The im portance of a sufficient supply of pure water is almost incalculable to the public health. For drink, for cooking, for every household purpose good water is an inestimable boon, which, like the air we breathe, is only valued when we miss it. It has been one of the most serious antago nistic influences to Anglo-Indian life that Calcutta is so ill supplied with water, and in many of our London dens and rookeries the want is as severely felt as in the City of Palaces. These fountains render the dwellers in our pent-up courts and lanes, in some measure, independent of negligent builders and careless landlords. Thanks to them there need be no need for fetching gin because the water is too bad to drink alone, wherever they are within reach. The working man, too, may often slake his thirst at the little tempting basin when, otherwise, a dusty walk or a heavy job might send him to the beer shop or the gin palace. The committee have also wisdom and humanity enough to extend their care to the brute creation, and regret that they are as yet unable to give the full amount of relief needed by cattle and dogs. Every one who has watched the poor over-driven cattle coming or going on the road by a London market, must be anxious that something should be done to mitigate their sufferings. It is but common humanity to supply so simple and pressing a need of animal life; and in the cases of both cattle and dogs it would certainly be a safety to de so. In Lisbon, notwithstanding the heat, it is said that hydrophobia is unknown, because pans of water are set here and there on the highways for thirsty dogs, and there can be no doubt that a good supply of water would go far towards keeping cattle from getting excited and unmanageable. " The merciful man is merciful to his beast," and water is surely a thing which the meanest animal has a right to demand. It is one of the great pro visions of nature, for rich and poor, for great and small, for wise and simple alike, and has so impor tant a share in the general well-being that the ancients reckoned it among the component parts of man's frame. But the best argument on behalf of these erections is their practical service, and so long as 250,000 persons stop daily to think at 80 foun• tains it can hardly be denied that they so far ful filled their mission, and that they supply a great public need. Parliamentary Business after Whitsuntide. The House of Commons will meet to-morrow after the Whitsuntide recess. Mr Dothoa will ask leave to bring in a bill to amend the registration of county voters in England and Wales. Mr Bovill will ask leave to bring in a bill to make further provision for the registration of burials in England. Sir G. Grey will ask leave to bring in a bill to amend the act for the better management of highways in Eng land. On Friday the Attorney-General will move the second reading of the New Parishes Acts Amend ment Bill, upon which Mr Hadfield will move an amendment that the bill be read a second time that day six months. On the same day, on going into committee of supply, Mr Baxter will call attention to the state of affairs in China. Oa Monday, the 23d inst., Mr Watkin will ask Mr Layard to state the present position of negotiations with the Go vernment of the United States is reference to the proposed termination or repeal by the United States of the Reciprocity Treaty and of the Bonding Act, under which instruments facilities for mutual com mercial interchange have been afforded, and a large and increasing trade has grown up with the colonies of British North America, On Tuesday, the 24th, Mr Hennessy will call attention to the emigration of the agricultural population of Ireland. On Tuft. day, the 31st May, Mr Cobden will move—" That, recognising and approving the policy of non-inter vention in the internal affairs of foreign countries which regulates cur relations with the States of Europe and America, this house is of opinion that the same policy should be observed in our intercourse with the Chinese empire, On Fri day, June 3, Mr Lindsay will call attention to certain matters effecting the interests of this country in connection with the war which still continues in the United States of America, and will submit a resolution which will have for its object other mediation between the contending sec tions of these States, or the recognition of the in dependence of the Confederate States. Mr. Baxter will move the precious question. On Tuesday, the 7th of June, Mr. E. Bouverie will move " That this house will resolve iteelf into a committee to cons eider portions of the Act of Uniformity," On Tues day, the 14th June, Mr.Dillwyn will call attention to the state of the Irish Church. There are many notices of motion on the books of the House for which no days have yet been fixed. Amongst them are Mr. H,Berkeley on the ballot, Mr. Doulton on preserving commons and open spaces in and around the metropolis, Mr. Hodgson on the royal naval reserve, Mr. Horeman on Denmark, Mr. R. Long on Japan and China, Mr, Maguire on the state of Ireland, Mr. Roebuck on the Suez Canal, Mr. H. Ecclesiastical f Commission, mission, and Mr. franchise by the on the th e etein o S W B5 a t in : n u r 1 introduction of educational and other tests, TUE SUN, LONDON,nWEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1864, Hen' Ernst's Coming Concert, On Monday evening, the 30th of May —that is to say, upon next Monday week—there will be given at the St. James's Hall a concert of unusual attractiveness. It will be one of the Monday Popular Concerts — justly so called—but it will be one in many respects very exceptional. It will, in a word, be ERNST'S. It will be the concert of Herr Ernst, the most ac complished and the most rarely -gifted of living violinists. Not, alas'. that the great artist will then himself be once more enabled to make his appearance, violin and bow in hand, in front of the orchestra—ho being still un h a ppily precluded from giving that crownin g a tt rac ti on t o his own concert, to this concert associated with hie distinguished name. Bat—if his own wonderful tones, his own magical touch, his own well-remem bered wiz rdry over his instrument, cannot be listened to on this occasion —hi s last imaginings rill at least there be given expression to, by congenial artists, among others by his eminent pupil, Herr Joachim. Of the sentiments of profound regard and of affectionate admiration inspired to wards himself by Herr Ernst, and that too among those the most capable of appreciating, at once, the value of his friendship and the fascination of hie genius, the public had signal evidence afforded to them last year through the charming de dicatory lines prefixed to " Caxtoniana," In corroboration of what was there so exquisitely ex pressed in the few but elcquent words of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, we find in a recent number of the Musical World the following Extract from a Private Letter, headed " Joseph Joachim to Heinrich Ernst :"—" Dear and Honoured Friend," says the younger Violinist, the gifted Pupil to the yet more gifted " However sorry I am that after you arebe:i i r' n a n s i t n e gto get better, your patience should be again subjected to so hard a trial, the confidence expressed by your medical man affords me consolation. I certainly had hoped, from the accounts my brother now and then gave me of you that, on the occasion, soardently desired on my part, of our meeting again, this spring, I should have once more enjoyed the pleasure of hearing the magnifi cent tones of your violin ! Providence, however, decrees otherwise. lam not destined, dear Master, to hear you, and thus to me, thanks to your confi dence, is entrusted the noble task of making the musical world of London acquainted with your newest creation. I need scarcely say with what deep love I shall devote myself to the service of your Muse. Command me as you will, and let me soon know on what day your concert can take place. I am exceedingly anxious to see your ' Etudes,' though I am really afraid of your finger ing [a foot-note in the 3fusical World here adds, " ' Grippe,' ' Grips,' Grasps'—in allusion, we pre sume, to the uncommon grasp of Herr Ernst's left ' hand"] but, whatever conies from your pen, I will, at all eve nts, practice, even though I may net succeed in doing it justice." This charming communication is dated " Hanover, Ap r il 13 t h"— an d signed '' your truly devoted friend, Joseph Joachim." Added to what has thus been so touchingly and gracefully said by Herr Joachim, let us yet further remark in regard to the feeling inspired towards himself among his brother-artists by Herr Ernst—that Signor Sivori will return to England from Paris expressly to take part in the coming Entertainment ! And that our great English Tenor, Mr. Sims Reeves, with an "esprit" worthy of himself and of the man to whom he thus offered this graceful tribute of his artistic sympathy, volun teered to Herr 'Ernst his eager co-operation. Altogether among the distinguished artistes whose names are already down in the programme for Herr Ernst's Concert, on Monday evening, the 30th inst., we observe, in regard to the pianoforte, the names of Madame Arabella Goddard and Mr. Charles Halle, and in regard to the violin, those of Herr Joachim and Signor Sivori. The vocalists including Madlle. Bettelheim, Mr. Santley, and Mr. Sims liaeves—with M. Jules Benedict as the Conductor. The chief attraction of all during the evening will be, however, the fact, that a New Quartett and other compositions, by Herr Ernst himself, will Ithen and there, for the first time, be performed! The Peace Society. The 4Sth anniversary meeting of the Peace Society was held last evening in Finsbury Chepel, Moorfields—Mr Joseph Pease, M.P., in the chair. Amongst those present were Mr R. Chatton, Mr S. Rowley, Mr E. Burritt, Rev. J. Long, Mr H. Russell, Rev. A. Good, Rev. E. P. Wood. Mr J. Jones, Mr T. Tagore and Mr M. Ghose (India), Mr W. Holmes Calton, Rev. Dr Bowry, Dr Corner, Rev. Dr Campbell, Mr F. Thorp, Mr J. Cooper, - Air W. IL Bonner, Mr J. Priestman, Mr R. Alsop, Mr J. Clark, Mr J. Stewart (Croydon), Mr C. Fry, and many others. which h grsd u report pwl aeys o f The Rev. Mr BICIIARDS, the secr e t ar y, rea d the and whether th ose p r i nc ipl e s were stated all t y ha f t or t c h i e ng pr t i h n e c i i ; otheinto society,hassociationsociety, good or bad the committee were determined to stick to them, The ordinary operations of the society had been carried on much the same as usual, although somewhat restricted for want of funds. The committee had three lecturers in the field, arid several auxiliaries of the society had been formed in the country. The committee deeply deplore the unhappy war in America, and they believe that while the combatants were filled with passion any attempt at remonstrance would only lead to an ex tension of the evil. The committee were aleo of opinion that if the news which had lately reached this country that the Southerners were beginning to murder the black soldiers of the North and their white officers were true, the war would lead to an indis=criminate butchery on both sides. The report then adverted to the late events in Japan, and strongly condemned the conduct of our officials in destroying Prince Satsuma's town. The committee felt that the cordial thanks of the society were due to her Majesty's Government for withstanding all inducements to interfere in the .American, and the Germanic-Danish wars: The cash state ment showed that the balance at the bankers' on the 16th of May last was £441 lls. ld. The income for the past year amounted to £1,492 55., and the expenditure to £1,879 12s. 3d. The balance in hand amounted to £54 3s. 10d. The CHAIRMAN then addressed the meeting, and in the course of a long address said that war and slaughter stood in the way of the circulation of the Bible. lie commended the society to them beeauso he loved it and believed in its principles. No one out of the metropolis could tell the amount of injury done in the country by the spread of the martial spirit ; numbers of our young men were taken from the Sunday schools, the churches, and from agri cultural and other callings. In conclusion he con gratulated them upon the amount of success which had been achieved by the society's operations. Addresses having been delivered in which the principles of the society w ere advanced by Mr. Samuel Bowley, Rev. E. Paxton Hood, Rev. Jas. Long, Mr. Elihu Burritt, and others, the following resolution was carried : " That this meeting gratefully acknowledges the wisdom and firmness with which her Majesty's Ministers have abstained from interfering by force of arms in the American, or Dino-German wars, which could only in each case have extended the area and aggravated the horrors of the conflict. It earnestly hope:, that the Government will not adhere to this policy of forbearance as respects Europe and America, but that it will extend the same to our Eestern relations, Eo that England may not again have to blush before the world for su c h acts es those recently perpetrated in her name in China and Japa n , cots all the more indefensible, as our recent experience in India has proved that in the East as in the West the moat conciliatory and humane policy is also the most successful." A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the meeting, THE MARRIAGE 07 THE COUNT DE PARIS,— Cadiz papers say the hobjre, D on a Maria Isabel d'Orleans,ct of the visit of the Duke and Duchess de Montp ons i er t o England is to be present at the marriage of their dauete to the Count de Paris, which is to be celebrated on the 30th inst. The Spanish Minister in London has also been directed by royal order to be present as a witness of the marriage. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] TURIN, MAY 18. The Opinione of to-day denies the rumours that the negotiations for the sale of the Government railways have been broken off. On the contrary, the negotiations are almost ter. minated, and a contravention will shortly be laid before the Italian Parliament, together with other railway bills. CADIZ, MAY 17. Advices received here state that the steamer Puerto Rico had left Cuba with 1,000 men for St. Domingo. The Infanta Isabel had arrived. An insurrection had broken out at Hayti, but has been suppressed by President Geffrard. DENMARK. (From the Times Special Correspondent lately at the Danish Head-quarters.) COPENHAGEN, May 15, p.m. There is good reason to believe that the Prussians are not willing to abide by their own part of the terms of the armistice. It was stipulated that the intercourse between the Danish Islands and the in vaded districts of Jutland should be free, but we find that travellers are not allowed to cross from Funen to Jutland, between Middlefart and Gnoghoi, nor across the Lum Fiord, between Aal borg and Norresundby. It was with the greatest difficulty, and after 24 hours' delay, that the post was allowed to proceed beyond Aarhuus. The Prussians seem also to carry on their depre• dations in Jutland as freely after the armistice as they did before it. A merchant in Aarhus writes that on the 13th an intimation was conveyed to hint that his shop would be plundered. That shop, like other clothes' stores in that town, was closed by the Prussians, who set their seals on the locks, and put sentries to the doors. The military authorities of the invading army keep the property of the citizens under lock and key, and help themselves to it when ever it suits their purpose. It is thus that other shops at Aarhuus were robbed, some to the extent of 3,000 thalers—some even for larger sums. On the 12th and on the following day horses and cattle were forcibly taken from the peasants, and goods from the shopkeepers. On the same day, the 13th, a contribution of 200,000 thalers was, we are assured, laid upon the town ; 400 woollen blankets were plundered from the shops; besides a large number of horses and cattle from the country. At Randers all the corn stores have equally been put under sequestration, and their contents are at the mercy ofithe invaders. Goods which had been seized before the 12th have been carried away as lawful prey on the following day—that is, three days after the armistice was announced, and 24 hours after it had come into operation. The Berlingske Tidende, a semi-official organ, defends the Danish Government from the charge which has been brought against it, of breaking its contract with the Dnke of Augustenburg. At the time that the Dake,placed himself in open treason and rebelion against his Sovereign, in 1848.50, the King's Government agreed to pay to the Duke 1,500,000 specie•thalers upon certain conditions, among which there was the exclusion of the Duke and his family from all the Danish dominions, and a solemn promise on their part never to disturb the tranquillity of the State. That sum was intended as an indemnity for the confiscated property of the Duke, which lay in the Isle of Ala and other parts of Schleswig. That property was, however, only valued at 1,300,000 species ; it was, besides, encumbered with mortgages to the amount of 360,000 species. The sum of 1,500,000 species (8,500,000 f.), vastly exceeding the real worth, was allowed from mere generosity of the then King, Frederick VII., probably with a hope to put an end for ever to the pretensions of a Prince who had shown so little scruple both as to the end he was driving at and as to the means by which he hoped to attain it. As the Danish Government were un able or unwilling to pay the stipulated sum at once, they converted it into bonds to bearer of 2,000 species each, and paid these bonds regularly in half yearly instalments on the 30th of June and 31st of December of every year, up to the end of last year (1863), when the sum still due was 274,000 species principal, and 13,400 interest, or altogether 287,000 species. As the payments were, however, by a common agreement, to be made by the State Treasury at Altona, and this town was occupied by the Federal troops before the 31st of:Decereber last, the Danish Government conceives that the payment should have been made by the Federal Commis sioners charged with the administration of Holstein, and out of the revenues of that Duchy. F RANCE. Hassan.Ali-Khan, the Persian Ambassador in Paris, has returned from a visit to England, and resumed the duties of his post. M. Steege, Minister of Finance at Bucharest, has just arrived in Paris. His visit is connected, it is said, with financial questions. Sir Anthony de Rothschild has arrived at the Hotel Bristol from London. BOURSE, May 17.—The market continues dull, but with little change in quotations. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66f. 75c. Mobilier firm at 1,165 fr. Railway Market quiet, and with pre vious prices pretty well maintained. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents. 93 25 Italian Loan 69 Do. end month.... Do. end month — 3 per Cents Do. end mouth 66 80 Do. end month.... Credit Mobilier 1167 50 Russian Do. end m0nth....1170 Austrian Bank Shares 3370 Spanish Threes.... 51 60 Credit Fancier 1207 60 Home Debt Roman RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans ....... ~.., ... I; 887 75 .. 880 Northern Lyons and Mediterrarean 885 .. 885 New ditto BBO .. 883 75 Southern 653 75 .. 655 Western Eastern Sardinian 367 50 .. Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa 570 .. 570 Ditto to Barcelona MR, DEMPSTER'S ENTERTAINMENT, This gentleman, who is well known in the musi cal world as an American composer and vocalist of considerable reputation, gave yesterday a series of musical illustrations of th© songs in Tennyson's " Idylls of the King," together with selections from other poets, most of whom he had himself adapted to music. The beauty and pathos of the four songs in the "Idylls" is too well known to need comment, but their English admirers will be curious to com pare Mr. Dempster's setting of them with those accompaniments already popular. We may parti cularly commend the three first songs for the beauty of the airs and for the style of the singing. Mr. Dempster, with whom the Laureate is evidently a favourite, has also composed a cantata on Tenny son's " May Queen," which he played and sang ; and he also gave some old favourites, such as the Scotch songs "The Barring of the Door" and " Tak yer auld cloak about ye," with great spirit and success. The performances were varied by some very brilliant pianoforte playing by Miss Elizabeth Somerville, a pupil of the Stuttgart Conservatoire of Music, who made her debut in London 011 this occasion. A Bolero, by Chopin, and a Reverie, by Schumann, were the best of her performances. Should she fulfil the promise which she gives, she will be an acquisition to our concert rooms. Alto• gether, the entertainment, which was of a novel and interesting elnrieter, passed cff with great 0110086. etch, The Murder at Colney ADJOURNED CORONER'S INQUEST AND SPECIAL VERDICT. Yesterday the investigation opened on Tuesday, the 10th instant, at Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum. as to the death of John S winey Phillips, aged 52, late confidential clerk to Messrs. Rogerson and Ford, solicitors, of Lincoln's-inn fields, who was killed by another inmate named Daniel Hobbs, on the sth instant, was resumed before Dr. Lankes ter, coroner for the central district of Middlesex, at that institution. The inquiry, which involves the general mode of con ducting and the character of so important an institution, created very deep interest, and Mr. W. H. Bodkin, assiet tant judge, and a large number of the visiting justices of Middlesex, were present. Mr. For 1, in the employment of whose firm deceased had been, again attended on behalf of his relatives and friends. Prior to resuming the evidence, which, it will he remem bered, showed that on the sth of May a patient named Daniel Hobbs came out of ono of the closets with a piece of gas piping, which he had torn from the wall, in his hand, and that deceased attempted te take it from him ; that Hobbs wrested the pipe from Phillips, and, striking him a blow on the head with the gas pipe, at the end of which was a joint, felled him to the ground; the jury proceeded to view the closet, and also the half-padded rooms in which Hobbs and deceased were placed in seclusion after the occurrence. The gas piping had passed over the doorway of the closet, and could be reached by a patient. Hobbs, the accused, was placed in it, and although he exhibited symptoms of the most complete insanity, he put up his hand and showed he could reach the pipe. The half-padded cells are padded to about the height of a man's chest, and are well lighted and ventilated. On returning to the inquest-room, Dr. Sheppard, the senior medical officer, was recalled, and subjected by Mr Ford to a severe cross-examination, as to why, in the face of the.two medical certificates, one repro • senting Hobbs as a violent, restive, dangerous, and revenge ful lunatic, and the other stating deceased to be a paralysed, harmless imbecile, they had been placed in thefsame ward, and he produced the book in which he made the entry of his own observations on both cases when admitted. In re ference to a statement Dr. Sheppard had made previous to the adjournment, that he had at once placed Hobbs in No, 5 ward, with the rest of the paralytic patients, he wished to correct it. He at first ordered him to the dangerous ward, and on the following evening he was conveyed to No. 5 ward. He now produced the case book, containing the entries made on admission with regard to the deceased, and to his assailant, Hobbs. The first, with regard to the deceased Phillips, made on the 13th April, was as fol lows :—" A strange but highly intellectual-looking man. Symptoms, general paralysis, in an advanced stage." There was a second entry with regard to Phillips, dated May 5, the day on which he died, viz. :—" His conduct since his admission has been characterised by extreme restlessness, violent, and rapidly becoming emaciated. About 1 p.m. he was struck behind the left ear by another patient." The entry with regard to Daniel Hobbs, deceased's assailant, was made on April 21, and described him as " full of extra vagant delusions, paralysed, and impaired," In further cross-examination, Dr Sheppard said he gave verbal directions as to the wards in which patients should be placed. Placed Hobbs in the violent ward when he first came in, probably in deference to the opinion of the medi cal man under whose certificate he had been sent ; bat his own observations did not confirm that medical opinion. Put Hobbs in the violent ward with a view to his own observa tions, and from reports as to his quiet conduct transferred him on the following day to No. 5 ward. Received reports from the warders of No. 5 ward as to Hobbs's conduct from time to time, They generally were that he was violent and destructive. Most of the patients in No. 5 ward were so. Hobbs had been four times placed in seclusion on account of such violence, and the deceased had been once in seclu sion since he had been in the asylum before the day of the occurrence. Had no doubt but that he had no tice both of deceased and Hobbs being placed in se clusion on the day of this occurrence. These reports were made on small memorandum forms, and were after wards destroyed, Believed he received notice of the de ceased and Hobbs being placed In seclusion on the sth of May, about two hours after the occurrence took place. Was not called to see deceased until five o'clock, and then found him in a comatose state. The wound on the head behind the left ear had had bleed flowing from it, and did not appear to have been washed. Saw deceased again about seven o'clock. He was then rapidly sinking, and died at a quarter to 11. Did not give any notice of the deceased's death to his rela tives, but forwarded the particulars of the case to the coroner, as required by the Lunacy Act. Did not knowlthe actual cause of the deceased's death until after making the post-mortem examination. Dr. Sheppard also produced the m dical journal, in which there was an entry on May 9, " John Swiney Phillips, died sth May; fracture of the skull." Francis Ewers, the keeper present when deceased re ceived the blow from Hobbs, was recalled and said, after he had wrested the piece of gas pipe from Hobbs he saw there was blood issuing from a wound behind deceased's left ear. He did not think it serious at the time, but reported the occurrence immediately to Usher, the chief attendant of No, 5 ward. Thomas H. Chancy, clerk to the asylum, produced the certificate he had received from the medical officers, stating that the death of the deceased had been " precipitated by a blow on the head given by another patient." He had sent the letter produced to deceased's relations. It simply stated that deceased had died on the sth of May, but not the cause of death, It was not usual to state to relatives the special cause of death, and he considered he had acted in this case in accordance wilh the rule of the asylum. The rule referred to was read, and stated that in case of violent death notice should be sent, not only to the coroner and registrar of ,the district, but to the chairman of the visiting justices, the overseers of the parish to which the patient belonged, and to the friends of the deceased patient. _ _ William Knapp, another keeper, deposed to running to the assistance of Ewens when the occurrence took place. He saw two pieces of gas piping which E wens had taken from the patient Hobbs. The deceased did not appear much hurt, but was excited. They were both placed in seclusion. Thomas John Ford, inspector of the A division of the asylum, said he received information of the occurrence about a quarter to two o'clock, on the sth of May, and on doing so he went to see Phillips, who was in one of the halt-padded rooms. He was excited, but he at that time did not observe anything which made him think it necessary to report to the medical officer. About five p.m. he was in formed that there was a great change in Phillips ; and on seeing him, and finding his feet cold, sent a notice to the doctor that he was required to be seen, but did not recollect that ho stated that he had received an injury. This being the close of the evidence the Coroner reca pitulated the circumstances, and gave his view of the law of the case, which was that if they considered Hobbs a responsible individual at the time he struck deceased, he was liable to have a verdict of wilful murder or man slaughter returned against him. The Jury retired, and in about ten minutes came into court with a verdict—" That the deceased, John Swiney Phillips, died from the effects of a blow on the head in flicted by Daniel Hobbs, the latter being at the time in a state of manaical insanity." They desired also to append the following :—" The jury impannelled at the Colney Hatch Luuatic Asylum on the 10th and 17th of May, on the body of John Swiney Phillips, and having returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased came to his death by a blow from Daniel 'labs, are desiroits of calling the attention of the visiting justices to the necessity of issuing direction to the attendant to send for the medical superintendent whenever an acci dent, however slight, occurs to the patients. The jury are also of opinion that the gas pipes throughout the establish ment at Colney Hatch should be rendered more secure by covering, so as to prevent the recurrence of attacks, by this means, of one patient on another." The inquiry then terminated. INTERESTING BUT NOT TRUE.—A Nottingham correspondent has sent us a story to the effect that an infant was floated in its cardle on the turbulent waters of the Shef field flood to Mexborough, and was discovered unharmed by the clergyman's wife, by whom it has been kindly adopted. It is another version of a very pretty story which has been current in Sheffield and the villages around ever since the flood, and which in its most romantic shape repre. seats the infant as having been floated from Malin Bridge, as being the only survivor of a large family, as having pur ring at its feet in its wooden cradle a pet kitten, as having been deposited on an embankment at Attercliffe perfectly dry and unharmed. The story adds that it was found and aaopted jpy the Rev. Mr. Wilkinson, who refused an offer of £lOO from the mayor for his living relic of the great inun dation. We are sorry to spoil so pretty a story, but truth compels us to say that there is not a word of truth in it.— Sheeld Independent. FRENCH VOLATILITY.—An anecdote that Mr Wilberforce said had been related to him by Mr Pitt :—" Shortly after the tragical fate of Marie Antoinette, a French etnigri of some distinction, a denizen of the F:encli Court, who had become acquainted with Mr Pitt by mee ting him there, took refuge in England, and on coming to London went to pay his respects in Downing-street. As was natural the conversation at once turned on the terrible scenes of blood which had recently occurred in Paris, and in particular on the cruelties wreaked upon the Queen. The Frenchman was at length overcome, and he sobbed out, "Ah 1 Monsieur Pitt, la pauvre Reine ' la pauvre Reine 1 " These words were pron ounce d w i t h much emotion, when a new idea possessed him, and starting from his chair he ex claimed, " Cependant, Monsieur Pitt, it taut vous faire voir mon petit chien denser.' Then pulling a small kit from his pocket, and calling out, "Fanchon, Fanchon, danses. dansez he and the dog began to cut such capers together that the Minister's gravity was quite overcome, and he burst into a loud laugh, scarcely knowing whether to be most amused or astonished." A project has been started for the construction of a railway through a pass in the Andes ; the line would connect the Pacific and Atlantio seaboards of the South American continent, if it i, ; ; ;" 'Z' Court HER MAJESTY, BALMORAL, May 15. Lord Stanley of Alderley had the honour of dining with her Majesty and the royal family. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales rode on horseback yesterday forenoon, attended by Al -jor Teesdale. The Prince and Princess of Wales took a carriage drive in the afternoon. Mr Harry Hall had the honour of submitting his picture of " Stockwell" to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. -.-- His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, A telegram was received in town yesterday from Germany which states the prince to be in excellent health. His royal highness was to leave Darm stadt for Carlsruhe this morning. The Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, Her Royal Highness the Princess Alice and her husband, the Prince Louis of Hesse, are shortly expected to visit the Queen at Balmoral. The Fairy is ordered to be in readiness at Dordrecht to convey their royal highnesses to Flushing, where the Victoria and Albert, royal steam yacht, is to be in waiting to convey the prince and princess to England. The ex-Royal Family of France. The whole of the Orleans branch of the House of Bourbon have assembled at Claremont, for the approaching nuptials of the Count de Paris to the Infanta Marie Isabella, eldest daughter of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de Mont pcnsier. The venerable ex• Queen Marie Amelie returned to Claremont on Saturday, from a short residence at St. Leonards, in order to meet the Duke and Duchess de Montpensier and family, who arrived at Claremont on Monday evening, from Spain. The Duke de Nemours and the Prince and Prin cess de Joinville have returned to Claremont from a visit to Belgium on family affairs. The betrothal of the Count de Paris and his cousin, the Infanta Marie Isabella, took place at the Palace of St. Telme, in the early part of last month. We understand that the marriage is fixed to take place on the 31st instant, at the Roman Catholic Chapel at Kingston, The Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, the Duke Augustus and the Duchess Clementine, and the Duke and Duchess de Chartres, will assemble at Claremont on the interesting event. The day selected for the wedding is the anniver, nary of the marriage of the late Duke of Orleans with the Princess Helene of Mecklenburg- Schwerin. Mr. Walford has had the honour of an interview with the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough House, and of presenting copies of the new edition of his " County Families," which were graciously accepted. The work will appear henceforth under the patronage of their Royal Highnesses. The Archbishop of Canterbury had a dinner party last evening, at Lambeth Palace. Among the guests of his grace were the Archbishop of Armagh and Mrs. Beresford, the Bishop of Ripon and Mrs. Bicker steth, Lieut.-Gen. and Mrs. Knollys, Lady Radstcck and Hon. Miss Waldegrave, the Bishop of Bangor and Mrs. Campbell, and a large party. Covers were laid for 32. Prince Leon Radzivil has arrived at Long's Hotel. Prince Paskievitch has left the hotel. Viscount Palmerston, in celebration of her Ma jesty's birthday, will give a grand full dress banquet to a large circle of peers and supporters of the Government, on Tuesday next, at Cambridge House, Piccadilly. Lord and Lady Southampton are expected to arrive in town at the end of the week from passing a few weeks in Paris. Lord Hotham entertained a select party at dinner yesterday evening, at his residence in Grosvenor• ctreet. Sir George Grey, as Secretary of State for the Home Department, will give a full dress banquet at the Clarendon Hotel on Tuesday next, in celebration of her Majesty's birthday, The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer will give a full dress dinner on Tuesday next to the Gover nor of the Bank of England, the Chairman of the Board of Customs, the Chairman of the Board of Inland Rwenue, &c., at the right hon. gentleman's private residence on Carlton-house-terrace. Sir John and Lady Thorold have arrived at the Palace Hotel, Buckingham-gate, from Paris. Miss Burdett Coutts and Mrs. Brown have left town for Torquay. THE NEW STAMP DUTY ON VOTING PAPERS. — A duty of one penny is to be paid on voting papers by proxy in the United Kingdom at any meeting of shareholders or society, or at any society exercising a public trust. DEATH OF ADMIRAL ROBINSON.—We have to record the death of Admiral Hercules Robinson, who ex pit ed on Sunday last at Southsea, near Portsmouth. The gallant admiral, who was in his 76th year, served on board the Euryalus as a midshipman at the battle of Trafalgar under the immortal Nelson. He was commander of the Prometheus when he captured three privateers in the face of the enemy, supported by a large body of troops. His commissions bore date as follows :---Lieutenant, April 27, 1807 ; commander, August 30, 1809 ; captain, June 7, 18.:4 ; rear •admiral, October 9, 1849; vice•admiral, October 21, 1856 ; and admiral, January 15, 1862. OCTuGENARIAN INTREPIDITY.—LateIy an old woman, 82 years of age, paid a visit to Milstead to bid adieu to some relations previous to her starting for Uta h. She is nothing daunted at the task before her, being assur ed by her chief that travelling by railway is so sweet on t te other side of the water. She goes with a man about the same age as herself, ant feels confident that she shall - yet see three sons of hers who have been some time in the Mormon colony.—iilaidstone Journal. THE CROPS IN CALIFORNIA.—From almost every section of California (with but few exceptions), we have good news of the crops, since the late copious rains ; in fact in several places it is reported that the crop s are from four to six weeks earlier than for long, long years. These facts preclude the possibility of any advance i a bread stuffs, and lucky are those farmers that sold when t he price of wheat was at 2 cents. per lb. This prospect of a good harvest gives life and animation to trade, both in the country and the city.--San Francisco Paper. MRS. MACREADY'S DRAMATIC RECITALS.--Yes terday evening Mrs. Macready repeated a s Dr'ies of her dramatic recitals at the Queen's Concert Room. s, 'Hano ver-square. The programme included an extract from the first scene of Sheridan Knowles's " Hunchback," the poem of "The Boy and his Angel," by Caroline Sawyer, and the ballad of " The Oysterman," by C. W. Holmes. To this succeeded an extract from the works of Ed weal Poe, en titled "The Bells," in the recitation of which Mr s . mac ready essayed an imitation of the intonation of different bells—a difficult task, truly, but one in which she accom plished a triumph of vocalisation, and obtained the warm plaudits of her audience. The remaining part of the enter tainment comprised three scenes from the first act of 16 Hamlet," including the ghost scene, which was rendered with considerable spirit and Effect, and wound up with "The Charge of Balaklava ; or, The Fate of England's brave Six Hundred," which was given with much taste and pathos, The last of these entertainments is announced for Saturday, June 11. THE PLACE TO LIVE IN,—One may toil and grow rich end die in London ; one may drag on an exist . once at Vienna, vegetate at Brussels, prowl through tiro year at Florence, be bored at Rome, hipped at Venice, terrified at St. Petersburg, stupified at Berlin, excited. at Now York, soothed at Boston, deluded et Dublin, intoxi cated at Edinburgh, astonished at Seville, amused at Milan, occupied at Amsterdam, fatigued at Naples, absorbed at Manchester, salted at Liverpool, cured at Brighton, anti killed at New Orleans; but if one wants to live, to see life, there is clearly no place in the world for man or woman but Paris. This is an assertion scarcely worth arguing upon. ()pinions are unanimous. Of course thcro are no bonnets in the world worth the Paris bonnow. The Boul,rards ar° unequalled among streets. Nobody knows how to ' 001 " out of the Palais Royal. No pictures worth looking at aro to be seen out of the Louvre, except indeed those of tir o Luxembourg. Why pursue a theme so trite ? While I, 3 single Englishman, am duly sounding the praise of Pali'' , 50,00 a Germans, Italians, Swedes, Russians, Poles, Czechs, Moldo-Wallachs, Montenegrins, Magyars, and Mussul mans, are crying out that Parisian life is the life of lives, and that the only city worth living in is Paris.—Dicke rrs " All the Year Round." VISTT OF THE GOVERNMENT SURVEYOR TO 'll lB ROCHDALE RESERVOIRS.—Mr. Cobden has succeeded in obtaining a promise from the Secretary of the Home De pertinent, that at the earliest opportunity a GovernmLnt surveyor shall be sent down to inspect and report upon the state of trte Rochdale reservoirs, including also the reservoir of the Oldham Corporation at Piethorn, which is believed to be in a very unsatisfactory condition,—Leas Alercto I